From the dawn of the twentieth century to the early 1960s, public-sector unions generally had no legal right to strike, bargain, or arbitrate, and government workers could be fired simply for joining a union. Public Workers is the first book to analyze why public-sector labor law evolved as it did, separate from and much more restrictive than private-sector labor law, and what effect this law had on public-sector unions, organized labor as a whole, and by extension all of American politics. Joseph E. Slater shows how public-sector unions survived, represented their members, and set the stage for the most remarkable growth of worker organization in American history. Slater examines the battles of public-sector unions in the workplace, courts, and political arena, from the infamous Boston police strike of 1919, to teachers in Seattle fighting a yellow-dog rule, to the BSEIU in the 1930s representing public-sector janitors, to the fate of the powerful Transit Workers Union after New York City purchased the subways, to the long struggle by AFSCME that produced the nation's first public-sector labor law in Wisconsin in 1959. Slater introduces readers to a determined and often-ignored segment of the union movement and expands our knowledge of working men and women, the institutions they formed, and the organizational obstacles they faced.

The Accounting Standards Board (ASB) develops Standards of Generally Recognised Accounting Practice (GRAP). The ASB gives effect to the constitutional requirement that uniform standards should be developed to ensure the achievement of consistent and comparable financial information across all spheres of government. The adoption of Standards of GRAP by all reporting entities in the public sector in South Africa will improve the quality and comparability of financial information reported and enable those charged with governance to hold entities to account for the resources entrusted to them by citizens, taxpayers and ratepayers.

Comprehensive Prep for the Postal Exams, Test 473 and 473-C. This book provides information on postal exams, benefits and hiring procedures: * There is an explanation of the Federal Employees Retirement System. * It offers sample tests and helpful study information for Test 473 and Test 473-C. * In the book, there are 9 sample tests for Address Checking, 5 sample tests for Forms Completion and 7 sample tests for Coding and Memory. * There are strategies for getting a high score. * You will learn how to find and how to apply for postal jobs through the Internet. * The new positions PSE (from 2011) and CCA (from 2013) are explained. * The author scored 100% on the Postal Exams six times. * The Author has operated the Postal Entrance Exams School for 18 years in Los Angeles, California.

From the dawn of the twentieth century to the early 1960s, public-sector unions generally had no legal right to strike, bargain, or arbitrate, and government workers could be fired simply for joining a union. Public Workers is the first book to analyze why public-sector labor law evolved as it did, separate from and much more restrictive than private-sector labor law, and what effect this law had on public-sector unions, organized labor as a whole, and by extension all of American politics. Joseph E. Slater shows how public-sector unions survived, represented their members, and set the stage for the most remarkable growth of worker organization in American history. Slater examines the battles of public-sector unions in the workplace, courts, and political arena, from the infamous Boston police strike of 1919, to teachers in Seattle fighting a yellow-dog rule, to the BSEIU in the 1930s representing public-sector janitors, to the fate of the powerful Transit Workers Union after New York City purchased the subways, to the long struggle by AFSCME that produced the nation's first public-sector labor law in Wisconsin in 1959. Slater introduces readers to a determined and often-ignored segment of the union movement and expands our knowledge of working men and women, the institutions they formed, and the organizational obstacles they faced.